| Feature | Windows | Mac |
| Accountant’s Copy | Yes | No |
| Add-on software | Thousands of Add-on Programs expand its functionality | Two – My Time from Intuit and Lightspeed POS |
| Auto-Number Journal entry | Company Preference | Not there |
| Backup | Can be done in multi-user mode, except no Complete Verification | Has to be done in single user mode |
| Backup on a Schedule | Can do an unattended scheduled backup | No option. However can use Time machine to backup files. |
| Bank Reconciliation | Can view and reverse the prior reconciliation. In Premier, all prior reconciliations. | Can only view a PDF of the previous reconciliation if the current one is not yet completed. |
| Bank Reconciliation | Can leave a reconciliation and resume later | No Leave button, but if you close the window, the work is saved for later. |
| Bank Reconciliation | Can sort transactions by any header – helps with large reconciliations | Not available. Register sorting or run Transaction detail Report Filtered for account and time period and Sort By |
| Bank Reconciliations | Adjustments go to Reconciliation Discrepancies or user selected expense account. | Adjustments are still posted to Opening Balance Equity – not a good use of this account. |
| Bill Payment | Can select either Bank account or Credit card to pay bills | Not able to use Credit card to pay bills |
| Budgets | Entered on an Excel like spreadsheet; can autofill with current year data or import last years info | Entered by account, by class. No subtotals for yearly amount – have to run the Budget Overview Report
No options to speed entry. However, you can create Budgets for Balance Sheet Accounts. |
| Budget Reports | Limited. No Budget by Class; No Month and YTD. | |
| Change Item GL account | Can choose to make retroactive | Only for transactions going forward |
| Credit Memos | Can choose to apply against invoice or refund at time of creation. Can choose to apply selected credit when in Receive Payments window. | |
| Custom Fields | Create, use and report on custom fields on List items: Customer, Vendor, Items | Reporting on custom fields on items is limited to transactional reports – no ability to add them to list reports. |
| Custom Forms | Layout Designer is VERY customizable, including almost all field in a given record. Access to hundreds of already automized templates on the Intuit Site. | Limited Fields available |
| Default Bank Account for Checks and Deposits | Personal Preference | Only one preferred account for all transactions – set by highlighting and right clicking on home screen. |
| Email with Web mail or outlook or through Intuit’s server | Apple Mail or Entourage only. | |
| Fixed Assets | Includes a type of asset called Fixed Asset with special fields. Fixed Asset Manager in the Enterprise version (and Premier Accountant) lets you depreciate them. | You could add custom fields to regular items, but you are probably better off tracking them in Excel. |
| Form | Multiple lines within one field (like Description) appear both on screen and printed version | Can only see one line on the screen until you click on the cell. (Work around: use the tab key to enter a second line in the description field) |
| Items | Can use Custom descriptions on bills and checks and transfer them to Customer Invoices when billing, as long as the Description field is left blank in the Item setup | Descriptions only transfer on service items when using time tracking. |
| Inventory | Premier version enables Manufacturing Bills of Materials | Not really recommended for Manufacturing. There is a work around for simple assemblies. |
| List views | Can customize Column views | Cannot customize views – unable to add columns. 5confined to sorting predetermined columns. |
| Loan Mgr | Yes | Not available |
| Multi-Currency | Yes | No |
| Online Banking | Add multiple transactions, Use Alias feature to match vendors | Only add one transaction at a time; no Alias feature, but you can choose an existing Vendor
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| Open Window List | View Menu | Not there – use Window Menu |
| Payment Receipt | Print Receipt from Receive Payments Window | No way to print a receipt for Payment received – can only print a statement |
| Portable Company File | YES | No |
| Price Levels | Can create different price levels for items, which are enabled by a drop down box on invoices | No way to discount individual items. |
| Printing a Previous Reconciliation | Can choose by Stmt Ending Date from Reports Menu (Premier) | Only Last Report (from Reconciliation window) |
| Reports | Many stock reports can be configured and customized | Very limited customization |
| Sales Tax | Can post an adjustment to Sales Tax and choose the account the adjustment posts to. Can view but not edit, a sales tax payment check. | Can change the amount paid in the Pay Sales Tax Liability window, but not the account the payment goes to. May result in inaccurate Sales Tax Liability. Need to journal adjustment out separately. Cannot open Sales Tax Liability Payment check to view. |
| Statement Preview | Can preview statement for a particular customer | Not available – have to “print” and then send to Preview |
| Taxable Items | Default is taxable | Have to check the Taxable box when setting up the item. |
| User Permissions | Have three levels of access when setting up a Selective access for a user. | All or nothing – which means that that they can create, modify and view reports in that area. |
| Zero Sum sales Receipt for Daily Sales Summary | Yes | No – use Invoice. Payment items aren’t allowed on Sales Receipts and can’t save a $0 sales receipt. |
| Statement Emailing | Can select email or snail mail as preferred send method when setting up customer. Allows for batch emailing of invoices or statements. | No preferred send method – no batch emailing of Statements. |
| Utilities | Condense file includes option to remove all transactions and | |
| VAT | UK Version supports VAT type tax | No UK version for Mac |